Antoine-Louis Barye and Barbedienne
Buffle d’eau
1875-1908
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Bronze, brown-gold patina, Overall: 6 × 9 × 2 7/8 in.
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.46.49
Buffalo standing with proper left foreleg and proper right hind leg forward. Base: rectangular ground with incised lines; no rim.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; from Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, by gift 1910; from Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George Aloysius Lucas, Paris
Stuart Pivar, "Barye Bronzes," London: Antique Collectors' Club Ltd., 1974, A161, p. 214. 15 x 20 cm. Photo in book: Private Collection.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 324, p. 327. Some differences.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 49.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, pl. 324, p. 327. Some differences.
Lillian M. Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, p. 49.
Inscribed: Incised on base: 'BARYE'; stamped, 'F.BARBEDIENNE.FONDEUR'. Two labels on bottom of base: L.64.15.57; BMA cat. #353. Black paint on bottom of base: 'MODERNE' center; 'BUFFLE.' left bottom.
